Early Arabic Grammatical Theory: Heterogeneity and standardization

Jonathan Owens

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Early Arabic Grammatical Theory

Heterogeneity and standardization

Jonathan Owens

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1990

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Volume 53 | Studies in the History of the Language Sciences

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The Arabic grammatical tradition is remarkable for having organized a large amount of descriptive material within a sophisticated formal framework. The present study seeks to elucidate the early development of this system from a theory-internal perspective; it is mainly concerned with the development of the syntactic theory as a formal object, as system of rules. This endeavor is constituted of four sub-goals: a description of early developments, their periodization, their relation to the traditional account in terms of the Basran and Kufan schools, and their relation to modern linguistic theory.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Applied Linguistics Forensic Linguistics

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Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
2. Two General Points Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	13
3. Farra' as Linguist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	19
4. Sibawayhi's Methodology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
5. Noun Complementation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
6. Sibawayh and Farra' vs. Later Grammarians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	103
7. Farra' as Transitional Figure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
8. Farra' and the Period of Heterogeneity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
9. Minor Writers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
10. The Development of the Basran and Kufan Schools Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	203
11. The Structural Development of Early Arabic Syntactic Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
Appendix I Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	245
Appendix II Arabic Quotes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	261
Appendix III Arabic Linguists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	273
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	275
Index of Arabic Grammarians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Index of Arabic Grammatical Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291

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Syntax; History of linguistics; Afro-Asiatic languages

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